The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic

Monday, December 2, 2024

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

AEI Auditorium

1789 Massachusetts Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20036

Hong Kong billionaire and democracy activist Jimmy Lai is China’s most famous political prisoner. In a new biography—The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic—Mark L. Clifford, veteran Hong Kong journalist and president of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, explores Lai’s rise to fame, his two-decade campaign for democracy in Hong Kong, and his political persecution by the Chinese regime.

Please join Dr. Clifford and AEI President Robert Doar for a discussion of Lai’s compelling life story, his heroic stand for democratic values, and what his persecution says about Hong Kong’s future.

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Agenda

10:45 a.m. | Registration Opens

11:00 a.m. | Introduction

Robert Doar, President, American Enterprise Institute

11:05 a.m. | Remarks

Mark L. Clifford, President, Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

11:15 a.m. | Conversation

Mark L. Clifford, President, Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation

Robert Doar, President, American Enterprise Institute

11:45 a.m. | Q&A

12:00 p.m. | Adjournment

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